Author's note: Cody was born Cooper. He changed his name in an attempt to leave his past behind him. “Cooper, what happened?” Julianne ran for him as soon as he came in the front door. “It’s nothing,” he tried to brush past her but she would have none of that. “Don't... Continue Reading →

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About a year ago, I promised to post Origin Stories of some my characters from Unfinished. I did post a couple, but then I stopped. I neglected this blog. I neglected my origin stories. I made a littany of excuses that would make Mirabelle proud. Being a published author was new to me.... Continue Reading →

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Fresh air. The air always smelled fresher, better when I went through that revolving door on Friday. Nevermind that the air was polluted with exhaust from transit buses and yellow taxis. On Fridays, it smelled like freedom. It smelled like the sweet lack of over-processed skyscraper air. The absence of suits and ties and stockings... Continue Reading →

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I am so excited that my debut novel, Unfinished, is being published this month by Fiery Seas Publishing. Unfinished is the story of Mirabelle, a writer who can’t seem to finish the novels she starts until her incomplete characters appear to her and encourage her or threaten her in various ways to motivate her to... Continue Reading →

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I never counted my rejections. J.K. Rowling got rejected twelve times. That seemed like so many when I first heard it. Louis L’Amour rejected 200 times. Margaret Mitchell 38 times. The Time Traveler’s Wife, my favorite book, was rejected by 25 agents. The Help...60. The Notebook...24. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...121. I never... Continue Reading →

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I was sitting in the doctor’s office with my teenage son and my husband, embarking on an exciting new challenge. A food challenge. My son was about to eat pizza for the first time in his life. I was so excited for him that I refused to let the news from the previous day sadden... Continue Reading →

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When I first started submitting UNFINISHED to agents and publishers, I got no response. Absolute crickets. I had submitted other works before, and had received some response: a request for more pages, a few requests for a full manuscript. This time, the silence was deafening. It struck me as odd because this book was... Continue Reading →

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We were just kids when we met, me and Bridget. She was a bit of a bully even then. Not really a bully. But even then she was demanding and overly critical. She didn't play well with the other kids in the neighborhood. She often chose to play alone by herself rather than join in... Continue Reading →

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Every writer I know has a closet full of ideas that were never finished, characters never developed, stories never resolved. If you've had the chance to read, UNFINISHED, you know that Mirabelle's unfinished characters come to life and request she finish their stories. Many of those characters are from my own closet full of incomplete novels.... Continue Reading →

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Cover Reveal I’m so excited to share the cover for Unfinished from FIERY SEAS PUBLISHING! A writer wrestles with her own sanity as her unfinished characters come to life and demand she finish their stories. Nine characters, five stories, one marriage. Can one writer save them all? Coming July 25th on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, and... Continue Reading →